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President Donald Trump said he intends to withhold federal funding from Minnesota, California, and Illinois, citing what he described as failures by state leadership and contrasting those states’ governance with crime reductions he attributed to his administration.
Trump made the remarks while discussing federal payments and state responsibilities, focusing first on Minnesota.
He said the state was not contributing to federal payments and that his administration would no longer cover those costs.
“From Minnesota and from the United States. It’s actually more from the United States, because Minnesota puts it and we’re not going to pay it anymore,” Trump said.
“We’re going to have Walz go pay, we’re not going to pay them.”
Trump then expanded his comments to include California and Illinois, stating that federal funding would also be withheld from those states.
He criticized the leadership of both states and said his administration would no longer provide payments under the current circumstances.
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“We’re not going to pay California, and we’re not going to pay Illinois with that big slob of a governor that they have that doesn’t run,” Trump said.
In his remarks, Trump focused heavily on crime statistics, which he said improved due to actions taken by his administration.
He said crime was reduced in Illinois and California while asserting that the governors of those states were not responsible for those changes.
“You know, we brought down crime by 25% he didn’t do anything. He’s not doing anything, but they want us to leave,” Trump said.
Trump referenced a specific incident in Illinois to support his criticism of the state’s leadership, citing a day with a high number of violent crimes.
“He had a he had a day where they had 17 murders. Not too long ago, 17 murders and 77 people shot, but 17 died,” Trump said.
Trump said the Illinois governor claimed the state could manage the situation, but Trump rejected that assertion and said federal involvement was responsible for improvements.
“And then he talks about, oh, we can handle he can’t handle it,” Trump said.
“But we pulled back and we’ll go in at the appropriate time, but we’re the ones that brought the crime down.”
Trump said the crime reduction figures he cited were the result of his administration’s actions rather than state-level leadership. He stated that crime fell by 20% in California and that similar improvements occurred in Illinois.
“We brought it down 20% they didn’t bring it down,” Trump said.
“Pritzker didn’t bring it down. Same thing with Gavin Newsom.”
WATCH:
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump says he is working to cut off BILLIONS in federal funding to Minnesota, California, AND Illinois
“We are NOT going to pay it anymore. We are NOT going to pay them, and we are NOT going to pay California and we are NOT going to pay lllinois—the big… pic.twitter.com/U2ErewuAXt
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 5, 2026
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